Mohammed Abu Talb

Mohammed Abu Talb (27 June 1954-) was an Islamic Jihad Organization member.

Biography
Mohammed Abu Talb was born on 27 June 1954 in Port Said, Egypt. He joined the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1970 after deserting from the Egyptian Army and heading to Lebanon, and he was wounded in fighting in Beirut in 1976 during the Lebanese Civil War. In 1986, he was given political asylum in Sweden under a false passport from Morocco, and he opened a store selling Arab food and videotapes; he was secretly a member of the Islamic Jihad Organization terrorist group based in Uppsala. On 22 July 1985, Abu Talb set bombs at the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen in Denmark, killing one person and injuring 26. He maintained his innocence and was not convicted, but on 21 December 1988 he was arrested in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 after traveling to Malta just two months before the bombing. Abu Talb continued to defend himself, but he was always a hair away from prosecution.